Kent. By Juno, I swear, ay.
Lear. They durst not do't;
They could not, would not do't; 'tis worse than murder,
To do upon respect such violent outrage.
But he has to listen to a circumstantial account of the insult, and, further, reminded by the Fool that
Fathers that wear rags
Do make their children blind,
he comes at last to realise it all,—and then there sweeps over him a third and more violent wave of hysterical agitation.
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O, how this mother swells up toward my heart!